Birth Name: Francisco de As\u00eds Rivera Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez<\/p>\n
Place of Birth: Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain<\/p>\n
Date of Birth: 3 January, 1974<\/p>\n
Ethnicity: Spanish [including Andalusian and Castilian], as well as one quarter Romani<\/strong><\/p>\n Francisco Rivera Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez, previously titled The Duke of Montoro, and also known as Fran Rivera, is a Spanish bullfighter. He was awarded the Fine Arts medal by the Culture Ministry of Spain, a coveted bullfighting prize.<\/p>\n Francisco is the son of the Spanish bullfighter Francisco “Paquirri” Rivera P\u00e9rez, and Carmen “Carmina” Cayetana Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez Gonz\u00e1lez. He is married to Lourdes Beatriz Montes Parejo. He has a daughter with his former wife, Eugenia Mart\u00ednez de Irujo, 12th Duchess of Montoro, and a daughter with Lourdes.<\/p>\n Francisco’s paternal grandparents were Antonio Rivera Alvarado, born in Barbate, C\u00e1diz, and Agustina P\u00e9rez N\u00fa\u00f1ez, born in Tarifa, C\u00e1diz.<\/p>\n Francisco’s maternal grandfather was the Spanish bullfighter Antonio Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez Araujo, born in Ronda, M\u00e1laga (the son of Cayetano Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez Aguilera and Consuelo Araujo de los Reyes). Cayetano was a Spanish bullfighter. Consuelo was Romani, the daughter of Mar\u00eda del Coral de los Reyes Lucena.<\/p>\n Francisco’s maternal grandmother was Carmen “Carmina” Gonz\u00e1lez Lucas (the daughter of Domingo Gonz\u00e1lez Mateos and Mar\u00eda Gracia Lucas Llorente). Domingo was the son of Alejandro Cruz Gonz\u00e1lez and Pilar Mateos. Mar\u00eda Gracia was Romani, from Tijola, Almer\u00eda, and was the daughter of Jos\u00e9 Lucas and Dolores Llorente.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18341,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[1811,3629,801,956,756],"class_list":["post-223405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-r-celebs","tag-andalusian","tag-b1974","tag-castilian","tag-romani","tag-spanish"],"yoast_head":"\n